MMW 13 Lecture 8

56 Pages·2015·4.05 MB·English

by  Babak Rahimi

April 28

DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE
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Blue notebooks
Multiple-choice Questions: 20
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questions
4 points each
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Essay Questions: 5 Questions, you
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choose only 1
20 points
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Chengiz khan
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Osman
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Kubla Khan
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Hangzhou
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1276 (Hangzhou fell to the Mongols)
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Karakorum
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Sultanate of Delhi
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Shamanism (Mongols)
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Sufi-brotherhoods
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Chola Kingdom
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1258 Mongols invaded Baghdad
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Vijavanagar kingdom
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First European university: Bolognia
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Brahmins; Kshatriyas; Vaishyas; Shudras; Dalits (the Untouchables)
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Mansa Musa
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Neo-Confucianism
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Bakhti Movement
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Dhows and Junks
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Tamerlane
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William of Ockham
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Zheng He
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Dante (1265-1321) &
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Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290)
The lion prince Sundiata
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Magna Carta
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Boroughs
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Champaign Fairs
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Lex Mercatoria
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Southernization: its significance in world history; remember to contextualize or contrast
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the concept to “westernization”
Hodgson’s notion of interrelated history: go over key concepts in that essay such as
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“Islamicate” and “Persianate”
African society and politics
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Sub-Saharan African economy: study its main feature
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The significance of European Guilds
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The role the Vikings played in the integration of Eurasia (see also nomads)
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Significance of the Song legacy: primarily economy, but also military and technology
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Significance of the Medieval European courtly love
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Caste, Political Society and gender in Medieval India
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Gender in Medieval Europe: Monastic movements
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The importance of Italian cities like Florence, Venice, etc.
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Contribution of the Medieval Guilds
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The most significant contribution of the Song dynasty in
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world history: Expansive market-based economy
Significance of the Scholastic movement in Medieval
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Europe
Significance of the Nomadic movements (Mongols;
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Turks;Vikings) in the late medieval period
The importance of comedy in the movie The Name of the
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Rose
Black death and transregional epidemics
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Revival of centralized imperial order.
1)
Spread of religions and ideas.
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Expansive market-based economy (not
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agricultural)
Major technological and industrial
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advancements.
907-960: China divided into several competing
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states: Five Dynasties.
Song dynasty brought back imperial rule in the
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late 10th century.
Considered the high point of China’s
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“golden age”
Major innovations; economic dynamism;
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expansive urbanization and cultural
developments.